Definition (noun) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Definition (noun) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Definition (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Definition (verb) cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Definition (verb) create a short circuit in
Definition (adj) primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Example Sentence
-
a short life
-
a short flight
-
a short holiday
-
a short story
-
only a few short months
Definition (adj) (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Example Sentence
-
short skirts
-
short hair
-
the board was a foot short
-
a short toss
Definition (adj) low in stature; not tall
Example Sentence
-
he was short and stocky
-
short in stature
-
a short smokestack
-
a little man
Definition (adj) not sufficient to meet a need
Example Sentence
-
an inadequate income
-
a poor salary
-
money is short
-
on short rations
-
food is in short supply
-
short on experience
Definition (adj) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
Definition (adj) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Example Sentence
-
a short sale
-
short in cotton
Definition (adj) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Example Sentence
-
the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
Definition (adj) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Example Sentence
-
a light pound
-
a scant cup of sugar
-
regularly gives short weight
Definition (adj) lacking foresight or scope
Example Sentence
-
a short view of the problem
-
shortsighted policies
-
shortsighted critics derided the plan
-
myopic thinking
Definition (adj) tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
Example Sentence
-
shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
-
a short flaky pie crust
Definition (adj) marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Example Sentence
-
try to cultivate a less brusque manner
-
a curt reply
-
the salesgirl was very short with him
Definition (adv) quickly and without warning
Definition (adv) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
Example Sentence
-
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
Definition (adv) clean across
Example Sentence
-
the car's axle snapped short
Definition (adv) at some point or distance before a goal is reached
Example Sentence
-
he fell short of our expectations
Definition (adv) so as to interrupt
Example Sentence
-
She took him up short before he could continue
Definition (adv) at a disadvantage
Definition (adv) in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
Example Sentence
-
he told me curtly to get on with it
-
he talked short with everyone
-
he said shortly that he didn't like it